Patents by Inventor Jacques Genevey

Jacques Genevey has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Flow rate limiter for a hydraulic circuit
    Patent number: 4212326
    Abstract: A static limiter of the flow rate through a hydraulic circuit generates a pocket having a high degree of cavitation at a predetermined flow rate. The static limiter constitutes a streamlined, oval body coaxially mounted within a circular cylinder with obstacles fixedly disposed between the streamlined body and the cylinder whose diameter is greater than that of the body. Under certain conditions it can operate as a non-return valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1980
    Assignee: Alsthom-Atlantique
    Inventor: Jacques Genevey
  • Adjustable loss-of-head valve
    Patent number: 4150693
    Abstract: An adjustable loss-of-head valve with a mobile perforated plate sliding on a stationary perforated plate, constituted by an annular one-piece body comprising an annular constriction on the upstream side with an annular recess immediately downstream from said constriction and in which a mobile perforated plate moves, a stationary perforated plate being disposed in the downstream part of this recess, the assembly formed by the body and the stationary plate being clamped between two flanges of a pipe on which said loss-of-head valve is placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1979
    Assignee: Alsthom-Atlantique
    Inventors: Jacques Genevey, Jean Vincendon